The combined domestic output of the eight major automakers rose 9.9 percent in October from a year earlier for the second straight month of increase, data released by the firms show.
The figures were helped by robust demand in North America and a recovery from the slump sparked by the termination last year of a subsidy program for the purchase of green cars.
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